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Note: This play contains an incomplete and a completed suicide, not typical fare for a comedy as I describe it. Also, important content notes. Also this might be slightly spoilerish for a play written 129 years ago. It isn’t often that the location of a play is the setting. Quantum Theater’s production of ‘Seagull’ breaks […]
My third indie movie review with Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) characters (watching the fourth now) was a little disappointing. The story focuses on a mother-daughter relationship between Pakistani-Canadian Azra, a young queer filmmaker, and her traditional Pakistani mother, Mariam. Azra’s father and Mariam’s husband dies at the beginning of the film. […]
Here’s a review secret – I don’t love musicals. I grew up immersed in the old-school classics that my mother watched, they hold a special place in the nostalgia corner of my heart. But the tendency to convert everything that moves into a musical – Disney, children’s books, movies – has left me skeptical of […]
Spoilerish, reference to animal cruelty Some of you are familiar with the play Miss Julie from traditional interpretations of August Strindberg’s 1888 play. Others may remember the storyline in the television show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel where character actor Sophie Lenon decides to stage an ultimately disastrous version. The latter is how I first encountered […]
I have been an avid fan of soap operas since the mid-80’s when my friend Sherri introduced me to Days of Our Lives during summer vacation. We would plop down and stare in rapture at the hair, the clothes, and the glamour. We watched Dallas, Falcon Crest, and Dynasty. I soon ran home from the […]
Spoilerish. Like most of Gen X, I adore a good romcom. It is a pleasure to add a lovely, quality film like ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ to the queer romcom canon, a canon that has often let me down (I’m looking at you, Happiest Christmas) but includes gems such as Fire Island, But I’m a […]
Pittsburgh Public Theater is wrapping up the season with a big splashy mid-Century modern stage classic, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Written by Edward Albee, it won Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 and was considered controversial in its day. Is it on par with the big period stage pieces? Not yet. I’ll explain. […]
When I learned about a local production of a play about a witch originally drafted around 1621, but updated by playwright Jen Silverstein … I was intrigued. I did not know what to expect, but the involvement of Shammen McCune gave me confidence I would be satisfied. I caught their performance as Gandolf at the […]
Broadway smash ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ fuses the familiar angst of coming of age stories with atypical elements that don’t so much turn the genre on its head as better align it with our lived experiences. The setup is familiar – new girl in town with a dysfunctional family, some unspoken secrets, optimistic spirit, quirky aunt meets […]
THE REAL JAMES BOND…WAS DOMINICAN closes this weekend at City Theatre. I think you should check it out. While I am no James Bond fan, I do appreciate his legacy in contemporary culture so the title caught my attention. Turns out Porfirio Rubirosa, a Dominican diplomat, race car driver, soldier and polo player who’s believed to […]
